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RETURN OF THE
SOULS
اتيان االرواح لديارھم بعدالرواح
By
Mujadid-e-Deen-o-Millat Aala Hazrat Ash Shah
Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Qaaderi Barakaati
(radi Allahu anhu)
PUBLISHED BY
Imam Mustafa Raza Research Centre
Overport, Durban, South Africa
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13 Shabaan 1321
THE ANSWER
Khatim-ul-Muhaditheen Sheikh Muhaqiq Maulana Abdul
Haq Muhadith-e-Dehlwi states in the Annotation of Mishkaat
Shareef in the Book of visiting the graves as follows:
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Sheikh-ul-Islam writes as follows in section six of the
book Kashful Ghitaa :
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cell and has now been released. He thus began to
travel the earth and walk freely.’ (KITAABUS ZUHD LI IBN
MUBAARAK - HADITH 597 - PAGE 211)
Ibn Abi Duniya and Baihaqi narrate from Saeed ibn Musayab
(radi Allahu anhuma) that once Hazrat Salman Farsi (radi
Allahu anhu) and Hazrat Abdullah ibn Salaam (radi Allahu
anhu) met with each other. One said to the other, that if you
pass away before me, then you should inform me of that which
happens there. He said,
Ibn Mubaarak reports in Kitaabuz Zuhd and Abu Bakr bin Abi
Duniya and Ibn Munda report from Salman Farsi (radi Allahu
anhu) that :
Ibn Abi Duniya narrates from Hazrat Maalik bin Anas (radi
Allahu anhu):
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‘Verily the souls of the Muslims visit their
homes on the eve of every Friday. They stand at the
door and announce in a very sad voice, O My
Family! O My Children! O My Elders! Be generous
towards us with Sadqa. Remember us. Do not forget
us. Be Compassionate towards us in our poverty.’
It is in Khazaanatul Riwayaat :
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for the general public and have thus been omitted in
the English Translation.
Query : How does the soul remain in contact with its relatives
after demise? (Imamudeen Saahib -19 Rabi ul Aakhir 1326 -
Kanpur)
The Answer : Death does not mean that the soul dies, but it
refers to the separation of the soul from the physical body.
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There places do differ according to their status.
Some on their graves, some by the fountain of Zam Zam,
some in the winds between the sky and the earth, some in the
skies some beneath the Arsh in lanterns of Noor ,just as Imam
Suyuti has mentioned in detail in his book Sharah Sudoor.
Query
1. Is that which is felt by the relatives also felt by the deceased
The Answer
1. If the relatives feel any pain, then the deceased also feels
sad. In forbidding us from crying over the dead it has been
mentioned, ‘When you cry, then the deceased also cries,
so do not cause him grief.’
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on the body and soul. Those who say this to be only for the
soul are misled. Both the soul and the original
Particles of the body are in existence, and even that which has
become dust has not been disintegrated completely. They
have separated and become different forms. The example
given in the Hadith to show that the punishment is both on
body and soul is this, that there is a orchard and the eating of
the fruit from the orchard is forbidden. There is a cripple lying
outside the orchard who can not walk but can see. He sees the
fruits, but can not reach them. Just then a blind person arrives.
The Cripple says to him, You carry me on your shoulders and I
will show you the way. In this way both you and I will eat of the
fruits in the orchard. The Blind man carried the cripple to the
tree and they both shared in the fruit. Now, who from amongst
them is worthy of punishment? Both of them are transgressors.
If the Blindman did not take him, he would have not gone and
if the cripple had not shown him (the way), he would have not
seen. The Cripple is the soul (example) that he knows and
sees but does not have the ability to do physical actions and
the blindman is the body (example) that it has the ability to act,
but does not see or know. Thus, the wrong action was
committed by the coming together of both, thus making both
worthy of the punishment. (And Allah Knows)
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4. Sometimes they do and sometimes they don’t. Both
have been explained in (Sharah Sudoor of Allama Suyuti).
(And Allah Knows)
6. The deceased sees those who visit his grave and he hears
there words. If he recognised them during his life, then he will
recognise them even after demise. If the person is his relative
or friend, then he becomes pleased when they visit his grave.
All this has been made clear in the Ahadith, statements of the
Great Imams and is from the Aqaaid of the Ahle Sunnat. The
detailed explanation of this can be found in my book Hayaatul
Amwaat. (And Allah Knows)
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